GSXR:
*Yes, once I hear it roar, it makes perfect sense right away what an engaged fan sounds like
*I just looked at the old clutch again, and indeed it's stamped with March 1993 date. My car was build in April of 1993. Got screwed by dishonest shop then. Oh well.
On Thanksgiving 2014, took a trip from LA to Portland. Idea was to pick up wife who'd fly there and drive back to LA along the ocean. Made it to San Francisco, hitting 140 MPH several times on the empty freeway 5 at night, where my radiator shifted causing fan to hit it and disintegrate puncturing radiator and hoses. Dropped off a car at first Merc only shop, rented a car and continued on to Portland. Picked up my car on the way back. They've supposedly replaced fan clutch with a brand new one. The shop knew I'm not from San Francisco. I test drove the car, asked why it still does 105C-82C with new fan clutch (did not have cool harness at the time). "head-gasket" was the reply. Mechanic was a German guy, who supposedly worked on Mercs at a dealership back in Germany. That's when possibility of "head gasket" was sown in my head. I've assumed with a new MB radiator and MB fan clutch, it's unlikely these parts would be the culprit of 105C-82C cycle. Then a 2nd mechanic told me it's head gasket or cracked head - that's when I started this thread
* What amazes me, is that over 4.5 years, about 6-7 MB indies didn't even bother to troubleshoot fan clutch and either just told me it's a head gasket issue or, most of them, that "it's fine". Same as some members here who said "if it doesn't overheat, you've got no issue"
* ACM is stamped with "China" and NSK, which is a big Japanese bearings manufacturer. Should be good stuff, made by a proper engineering company, even if in China
*Yes, once I hear it roar, it makes perfect sense right away what an engaged fan sounds like
*I just looked at the old clutch again, and indeed it's stamped with March 1993 date. My car was build in April of 1993. Got screwed by dishonest shop then. Oh well.
On Thanksgiving 2014, took a trip from LA to Portland. Idea was to pick up wife who'd fly there and drive back to LA along the ocean. Made it to San Francisco, hitting 140 MPH several times on the empty freeway 5 at night, where my radiator shifted causing fan to hit it and disintegrate puncturing radiator and hoses. Dropped off a car at first Merc only shop, rented a car and continued on to Portland. Picked up my car on the way back. They've supposedly replaced fan clutch with a brand new one. The shop knew I'm not from San Francisco. I test drove the car, asked why it still does 105C-82C with new fan clutch (did not have cool harness at the time). "head-gasket" was the reply. Mechanic was a German guy, who supposedly worked on Mercs at a dealership back in Germany. That's when possibility of "head gasket" was sown in my head. I've assumed with a new MB radiator and MB fan clutch, it's unlikely these parts would be the culprit of 105C-82C cycle. Then a 2nd mechanic told me it's head gasket or cracked head - that's when I started this thread
* What amazes me, is that over 4.5 years, about 6-7 MB indies didn't even bother to troubleshoot fan clutch and either just told me it's a head gasket issue or, most of them, that "it's fine". Same as some members here who said "if it doesn't overheat, you've got no issue"
* ACM is stamped with "China" and NSK, which is a big Japanese bearings manufacturer. Should be good stuff, made by a proper engineering company, even if in China
